Hello there fellow polycounters. I have question regarding custom planes in Softimage. Is there a custom plane options menu for "cloning" or instancing objects that you can use transformations locally? Basically what I am trying to do is similar to when you "symmetrize" an object and you have the option of using the…
No, you can't go such a straightforward way in XSI. The symmetry in Softimage works only in object or world coordinates. The only way is to reallign objects so that you mirror plane becomes ortogonal to one of axes in new object space.
I'm sorry for asking again cryrid but I can't seem to find the root null of an object. Is there a display toggle to view the root null object? However I have found the Child Transformation Compensation menu. Attachment not found.
1. Have your object pic 2. Create your custom plane pic 3. Turn it into a model pic 4. This model container is represented by a null. Select it and turn on Child Comp pic 5. Align model's null to polygon (the plane pic 6. Snap it to the plane pic 7. Freeze transformation of object pic 8. Instance and scale pic
When you add an object to a model container, the model container should have a root null just to let you see where it is. As for Child Transform Compensation (Child Comp), when it is turned on it allows you to move a parent object around without affecting the position of any child objects. This can be found on the Main…
Thanks cryrid I'll be sure to try out Architectural Modeling Tool. When you say "model null" do you mean the cloned object? Also what do you mean when you say "turn on child comp"?
You have to add the Gun_Holster_Pouch object into a new model first (which is required to instance it). This model container will be represented by a null. As for ChildComp, that is all you need. A quicker way to get access to it is to expand the Constrain menu by right-clicking on it. ChildComp will be one of the buttons…
Cryrid it took me a while to understand what you were trying to say about adding the object to a new one. I didn't know that once you tried to add a new object by dragging the new on top of it that you would have to delete the parent object in order to get the null. I may have done it wrong but I think I got the null. I…